Setting Aside the Rhetoric and Extreme Dislike, What Does ‘MAGA’ Stand For?

To you and me, they are Christo-fascists and traitors to America, let’s politely ask for answers to the following questions.

Courtesy of the New York Times

The rules of our fun little, late-July Sunday game are simple: No deflections, specious claims of being taken out of context, disingenuous denials, or whataboutisms. The answer cannot be a recognizable Trumpian slogan, invented name, or fact-less truth.

Many MAGidiots consider themselves to be holier than those of us who don’t regard Trump as the second coming of Christ. They regard us as traitors to America even though everything their movement stands for aligns more with what Vladimir Putin envisions for Russia’s future.

Let’s begin

Ask your local MAGidiots, whether a brother, a spouse, a sibling, or just one of the loudmouths at the local breakfast nook in your town, to explain some of the points below. It won’t be possible to hit them with all of them, but you might be able to corner them on one of these topics. Prepare yourself for what undoubtedly sounds like intellectual waterboarding as they trip over themselves trying to answer.

1. The inexplainable admiration for the world’s worst authoritarians…